Question

In the case when the RIP finds a route to a destination that is shorter than the static route that is configured by the administrator, the router will: a. Discard the longer static route. b. Discard the RIP shorter route. c. Balance the traffic load between the routes. d. Drop the packets until the conflict is resolved

Answer 1

According to the question, when the RIP finds a route to the destination that is shorter than the static route configured by the administrator, the route will discard the longer static route.

So the answer is a.Discard the longer static route.

REASON

Administrative distance is the first criterion that a router uses to determine which routing protocol to use if two protocols provide route information for the same destination.Administrative distance defines the reliability of a routing protocol.

The smaller the administrative distance value, the more reliable the protocol.So the smaller administrative value will be taken.But there will be risk as the migration from one protocol to other that is routing loops. It can be avoided by using cautions.Since reliability is the key factor here, the shortest distance even if it is from another routing protocol will be taken.